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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
MIsCEIIANEOus

Dow, JONES Il Co.'S news agency, Of
New York, charges that the Western
Union Telegraph Company has been fur
nishing private dispatches to a rival
agency.
OK the 18th two German spies were ar.
rested at Lyons, France, for attempting to
bribe French soldiers.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank OF
Beaver City, Neb., TO begin business with
a capital of $50, ,OOO.
cided that no draw back can be allowed on
the expectation of imported bottles filed
with beer manufactured in the United
States from domestic materials.
TINS Western Iron Association held its
annual meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
18th.
Born houses Of Congress passed The St
Louis Bridge bill on the 18Th.
OK the 10th the funeral Of four of the
victims of the Baltimore a. Ohio wreck at
Republic took place at Republic, O.
CANADIAN officials claim to look upon
the Belmont Fisheries bill as game oI
blud
On the 10Th the live stock exchange 81
the West held meeting at Chicago.
GLESBIEG, County Kerry, Ireland Wa
the scene Of more evictions ON the 20th-
Tue Lake Shore switchmeu are on strlE
At Toledo, o., for au Increase of wages.
FRANCE has recently boon buying lar
quantities Of timber in Alsace-I.0rraiac
TIRE following pOst-oHiccs havss. ecen tt 3D..
continued Big Fork. Polk County. ARK
mail 10 BIZ Bend, Fah.us Junctieg
Marion County, Mo. maU TO Palmvi.e
Maxwell, Collin COulty, Tex., mail b..
sake.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
MOURNING EMRLEMs.

Various CoIOrs Used in Different Coun-
tries, and Their Significance.
The recent death of Bishop Potter and
the dfapifig of the churches in the diocese
in purple and black as emblems Of mourn
ing, the former being the appropriate color
for Bishop, have occasioned considerable
inquiry as to the various colors used for
mourning. The following facts are, there<
fore not without interest. Black is intcnd@
ed to express the absence of hight and Joy
the midnight gloom of sorrow. 1t IS the
color of mourning in Europe as we'll as in
this country It was also used for the
same purpose in ancient Greece and in tho
Roman Empire. Black and white striped
is the mourning of the South Sea Islanders,
signifying sorrow mingled with hope. The
Romans during the republic wore dark
blue for mourning, and purple and violet
to express rOyalty-"Kings and priests to
God" The Cardinals and Kings of Franco
have always been mOurned for by the use Of
purple, and this use Of the color has been
handed down to the present time. 1t is said
that the purple signifies the 'blue'' or
aristocratic blood of the deceased. White
is the emblem of hope, and still prevails
for all mourning in China. In England and
this country it is used for children, TO do
note purity. Henry VIII wore white for
Anne Boleyn. The ladies Of ancient Bomo
and Sparta also wore white when occasion
required, and up 20 the year 119S il was tho
emblem Of mourning in Spain. In England
it is still customary to wear VIII to silk hat
bands for the unmarried. Grayish brown
is the color used in Ethiopia-the color Of
the earth to which the dead return. In
Persia pale brown is used, while sky-bluc,
to express the assurance that the deceased
has gone to Heaven, is the color used IN
Syria, CappedOcia, Armenia and Turkey.
A deep blue Is used in Bokhana. Yellow is
the sere, and yellow leaf, the color OF
mourning in Egypt and Burmah where il
is also the color of the monastic orders;
while in Brittany the widows caps among
the peasantry are all made of yellow 1t
Will be remembered that Anne Boleyn wore
yellow mourning for Catharine Of Aragon.
N 7. Mail and bzDress
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28

DUBLIN, Jan. 21.-TTo of the tenants
evicted at Glenbeigh yesterday were re
stored to their houses as care-takers. One
eviction, which was to have been enforced.
was postponed, pending negotiations be
tween Mr.. Roe, the agent OF the Winn
estate, and the Commoners, COnybeare
and Sheehan- Roe, on condition that the
tenants surrender their holdings, offered
70 accept years rent in lieu Of arrears
and give each tenant paying that sum
new letting OF his farm Mr.. COnybeare
offered, on behalf Of the tenants, to pay
half q years rent on the basis Of the
judicial rents. provided that no costs
should attach to the tenants. and that they
receive permission to enter the land court.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
a Three Davs, snow Ttlockade.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Jan "a Ian
caster (Wis.) dispatch says a three days
snow blockade on the western end of the
Madison division has Just been raised.
The Galena passenger train was showed
in near Reevy. A snow-plow sent to ex-
tricate it was disabled. and also showed
under. Two engines were stuck about
five miles east Of Lancaster, and a whole
day was consumed n shoveling them out
the passengers being transferred to Ian
caster by sieighs. The Galena passenger
train was showed in for three days, and
the pay car also delayed. Four engines
with snow-plows We're derailed endeavor-
inc 10 cut through The now hanks.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
The Nebraska senatorshln.

OMAHA, Eeb., Jan. 21.-Ex-Senator A. s
Paddock was nominated by the Republican
caucus this morning at half-past four.
Van Wyck went into caucus at midnight,
imposing only the one condition, that the
vote be taken viva voce On the fifteenth
ballot the straight Republicans combined
on Paddock and he was nominated, receiv-
ing sixty votes, which is fifteen more than
is necessary. By the caucus agr cement the
Van Wyck men must vote for Paddock at
noon to-day, insuring his election. The
result is a great victory for the straight
Republicans. Paddock was in the Senate
preceding Henderson. He is the first man
the State ever returned to the Senate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
SPLENDID EXERCISE.

Fencing Sport which Closely EqualizeS
the Powers of Man and Woman.
The charm of fencing for beginners
is that when you take position before a
good swordsman you need not be hope
less of making point. After a reason
able amount of practice with the foils
you are able occasionally to slip
through his guard and enjoy the simple
vanity of touching the supposed un-
touchable. This comes from the per-
fection of fair play reached after sew
eral centuries of minute changes in tho
positions, weapons and accouterments
of the masters of fence. No other ath-
letic sport equalizes so closely the
powers natural to man and "a woman,
a gray-beard and a boy, Hercules and
a consumptive.
Ladies in the best ranks Of life fence
more and more rs they discover its
value for health and good looks,
instead of leaving it entirely to
actresses, who have always used tho
exercise for learning how to plant and
move their feet intclligcntly. All over
Europe the universities foster sword or
foil play of one kind or another, and in
bIdb llhLlOu ipllb WHICH We call inc
city of London, club for fencing
has existed these twenty years. The
London Fencing Club, under the
patronage of the Prince of Wales,
and having on its list many Peers
of the realm, is as aristocratic in its
aim as the Fencers Club of New York,
is democratic. 1t was founded in 1868
as n club Of fencing and gymnastics
with a membership Of three hundred,
and helped TO its present quarters by
paternal government 1t has two
French and three English teachers, and
from its nearncss to St James is Of
practical use to the officers of the
Queens household troops. On
this side of tho Atlantic n few large
cities have always had professors Of the
art, but like unhappy Hulett of New
York in 177O, seldom has one been able
to make Il living from lessons in fencing
alone. At New Orleans the chances
have been better, owing to the large
Creole and French population; there
oftener than elsewhere have duels in
this century been decided by the sword.
!" One must not forget, more
over, that the German Turn Verein Of
New York makes something Of fencing,
and that at West Point and Annapolis
it is a branch of study employing a
number Of instructors, study which,
unfortunately, officers of the army and
the navy promptly forget Century.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28
True Charity.

II IS an inadequate Interpretation Of
charity TO think of It as mere alIns-gigiug,
You speak Of a certain person known 70
be a friend 20 the poor. ''There is Mr.. x"
you say. "He is very generous man.
He can't keep money. lie doesn't know
the value Of money. He would give away
his last cent !" Your friend r plies: "Yes.
and he is one Of society's most dangerous
enemies. He gives indiscriminately He
gives because he hasn't the courage 70 say
mol And hundreds and thousands Of shift
less and crafty bummers, frauds, tramps,
cranks and other vernin just live and per
petuate themselves on that kind Of bcnev-
olence," and that is true Begging is
business. People get rich at it. Crime is
encouraged by it. Only recently a poor
English woman left alone with little sick.
ly babe found that the child excited tie
sympathy Of the people, and she carried St.
poorly clad and hungry, in her arms fropa
house to house. Money poured in. Sac
made quite little fortune. But the craot
heartless exposure, and long g-continbed
hunger slowly murdered the child Every
one that gave so much as a penny helped
70 kill that baby. So, if charity meant
simply alms-giving, you could easily mag
inc conditions and circumstances wherein
IL would be an injury 70 tho world.-I1eg
nhGrleS COglklLa.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28

PNtSCE ALEXANDER OF Battenburg has
started on his proposed tour throughout
Egypt.
HoN. A. S. PADDOCK has been elected
United States Senator from Nebraska to
succeed Senator Van Wyck.
Henry NJ. STANLEY embarked at London
on the 21st for Brindisi, en- route to Suez,
from whence he viii proceed to ths relief
Of Emin Bey.
Mrs. MARIA z. SroREY, of Chicago, is
not entitled to a dover interest in any of
the late Editor Storey's property acquired
after the divorce, according to a decision
Of Judge Tuley, rendered on the 21st
SToJANoFF has been hastily summoned
to Sofia by the regency. Stojanoff states
that important events may soon be eXpert-
ed in Bulgaria, as the sevefnInent is in
tending to take energetic measures.
SECRETARY ENDICoTT has transmitted
to Congress an estimate of S15, 700 for the
building Of a foundation for Cog signal
structure at Spectacle Reef light-station,
Mich.
On the 22d the Marchioness of Queens
berry knocked her husband out in enc
round in the divorce court at Edinburgh.
JAY GoULD ig reported to have offered
100000 for the Dallas (Tex.) Courthouse
ard grounds for a union depot.
PETER MCGEOCH has won the famous
suit brought against him at Milwaukee bv
Daniel Wells, Jr., on matters growing out
of the great lard deal IN which Peter was
involved
SECRETARY MANNING has designated
S13, ,Ss7, 600 three per cent. bonds for which
the cash will BE- ready for their redemp-
tion on March /, after which date interest
viii cease
IN the event, which is likely, of Mat,
thews being again rejected by the Senate
as recorder of deeds for NE District Of
Columbia, VIM, h Smith, assistant libra
rian of the House of Representatives who
was born a slave in the District, viii prob
ably be the nominee, with assurance in
advance of his speedy confirmation
REV. JOHN PATTERsoS, o. Cambridge,
Wis, who cut hie tnroat during a tempo
rary 6t Cf insanity, died on the 22d.
THE funeral of Mrs. Voorhees, took place
at Washington on the 29l,
SIR JOSEPH WHi-woRTH, the eminent
English engineer and firearms inventor,
died ct Monte Carlo en- the 22d.
Or the fifteen Republican Senators to be
sworn in on the 4th of March, four are ex-
COnfederates.
JUSTICES MURRAY and Gray, of the United
States Supreme Court, it Is said, will re-
fuse to sit in the telephone cases on ao-
count of interest OF relatives.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28

Mrs. Howell, of Paulding. Ca,
was passing her husband, few days
ago, just as he tried to light a match
by striking it on the wall. The head
of the match flew off and lodged in
her ear. In one minute she became
blind, began to vomit, and was pros
trated for an hour and half.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28

Fashionable note paper must have
The address stamped upon it, Chicago
Herald.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
A Japanese Prize for Delaware Col
lege.

A letter to the EUery Eveniag from J.
II. Caldwell, President of Delaware
College, says that gentleman residing
IN Japan, a native Delawarean. who
does not wish his name to be made
known, offers the following japanese
gold Koban prize to that member of the
junior class in Delaware College who
shall pass the best examination. either
oral or written, or both, as may be deter
mined, year by year, for five years or
more, by the President, on the whole of
Hikok's Moral Science" the faculty
OF the college to be the judge of the
excellence of the examination.
Or Japanese gold Koban prize to
. that member of the junior class who
shall write the best analysis or con-
densed statement of the whole of " Hi
kok's Moral Science" the papers to
contain not less than dozen pages of
tooI's-eap, and to be submitted to a
committee Of three, of whom the Presi-
dent of the college shall be one to
determine their excellence.
The gold Koban is an ancient Japan-
ese coin of the value Of about $40 Of
our money.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
Ill-Paid Public Servants.

Senator Logan died poor and his
personal friends are trying to raise a
fund by private subscription sufficiently
large to place Mrs. Logan in easy
circumstances. The effort TO do this
speaks well for the charitable instincts
of those engaged in the movement and
the prompt and hearty response already
made to the appeal shows that the
American people are generous when
called upon to contribute to a worthy
object. The effort to place Mrs. Logan
above want ought to succeed and
doubtless will succeed if those who
have taken the initiative in the matter
do not succumb to early discourage
ments.
But thoughtful American. citizens
cannot help the reflection that the
richest nation in the world should be
able to pay its public servants suli-
ciently well to obyiate the necessity of
passing the hat when one who has
been conspicuously honest dies or is
retired at an advanced age from public
life. The present policy of paying in
adequate salaries to representative
publicservantsi is bearing legitimate fruit
in driving from Congress the men who
would best represent the country's in
terests. The rich man can afford to 90
to Congress for the honor, and the poor
man, who is not strictly scrupulous,
will be willing to go, because of the op-
pOrtunities afforded to secure wealth
by dishonest methods. But men of
pure motives and sufficient ability to
make creditable representatives, who
are not rich already must either die in
poverty or stay out of Congress.
The list Of the public men of the
United States, both in and ont of Con-
gress, who have died poor, is a very ex-
tensive one. Had Lincoln lived to
complete his term Of service he did not
hope to retire from Office with more
than $4,000. Chief Justice Taney.
Secretary Stanton, Senator Oliver 2.
Morton and many others who might
be mentioned, either died absolutely
poor or with less means than when
they entered public life. The salary
of $4,000 which a Senator or Member
of Congress receives will not much
more than pay the rent of good house
IN Washington, and under the circum-
stances it is wonder that the entire
membership Of both houses of Congress-
Is not made up ofrich men and rascals.
As a mere matter of policy it would |
be better for the people of the United |
States to pay salaries not only large
enough to induce men of the highest
order Of talent to enter the public SER
vice, but to enable them to retire in
comparative comfort or die without the |
narrowing conviction that the hat must |
be passed to save their wives and chill |
dren from want. The American peo-
pie can we'll afford to deal Justly with
their public servants. 1t is certainly
long way short of justice to compel
the friends of lifelong public servant
like Logan to appeal for the charity of
the people for that which should have
been paid to him during his lifetime
PhiiddeIphid Times.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

Whatever else may be said of Mr.
Powderly, the head Of the KNIGHTS of
Labor, it cannot be denied hat his
position in regard . Socialism and nil
that II impIie- 5 .....5.c. 4 letter
OF his written before the May riots in
Chicago, is now made public. In it he
denounces all men who advocate re.
dressing labor grievances by knif. and
bullet. They are utterly deteglabIe he
says, and must not be allowed to usa
the Knights organization as cover
Tor their wicked plans. 1t is said that
TINS language will widen the breach
between the Knights and the trades
unions represented ia the Central
Labor Union. fit does (other things
being equal), so much the better far
the Knights and so much the worse
for the unions.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
How to Begin the Year,
Stop writing it 1886.

Stop writing it 1886.
Stop wearing giraffee bonnets il
audiences.
Stop telling ultra-venerable stories.
Stop telling fresh stories whose point
can only be apprehended by the aid oi
a dOuble-convex lens.
Stop shirking your political duties.
Stop neglecting to return borrowed
books.
Stop indulging in more than one
hundred pounds of self-conceit to the
square inch.
Stop subscribing to the theory that a
workman is known by his poker chips.
Stop tarrying at.the flowing bowl or
other flowing receptacle for alcoholic
stimulants.
Stop suppOsing that the world could
not get along fair to midling without
you.
Stop fighting the inevitable.
Stop expecting that the President
may respond to public sentiment by
removing Garland.
Stop looking at the dark side of life.
Stop giving way to fault-fnding.
Stop furnishing your friends with the
minute particulars of your bodily all
ments.
Stop taking pessimistic views of men,
things and the theory of the universe.
Stop working too hard.
Stop working not hard enough.
Stop going out between the acts for
the aromatic Glove.
Stop writing to famous people for
their autographs.
Stop prOcrastinating. .
Stop sending to newspapers some
thing I've just dashed off and haven't
stopped to correct"
Stop informing your conscience that
white lies or any lies that shade off
from blond don't count.
Stop believing that you could give
all the correspondents points OH foreign
politics.
Stop telling busy man Il know
you're busy, so I'll only keep YOU a
minute" as a prelude to an hour and a
half s attempt to talk his arm off.
Stop being so engrossed in money
making as to have no time t. be pub
lic-spirited.
Stop hatteriug yourself that you
thoroughly understand The Irish ques-
ton.
Stop investing your hard rd-earned saw
lngs In another mans game.
Stop striving to earn your living by
the sweat ofrace horses, lottery tickets
or stock gambling.
Stop laying the JUNCTION to your soul |
that you can brush your hair so the |
bald spot won't show.
Stop casually reminding your wife of
your mothers method of making mince
pies.
0lop Doastlng OF how practical YOU |
are long enough to find out if you are |
not merely narrow.
Stop over-eating and under-exercise. |
Stop casting notes out of the eyes of
relatives, friends and acquaintances
until you are convinced that there are |
not beams enough in your own to start
a lumber yard.
Stop entertaining the impression
that any year of the past was better
year than this year.
Stop envy, hatred, malice and all un-
oharitableness.--New York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

The arithmetic Of the Anarchists IS a.
par with their morals. A AsampIe rev
oluuonlst" recently addressing a crowd
oi MS compeers in Chicago declared
ehat there were in this country O0O !
VOO men without work and Il. 600 Ooo
more who did not know at what mo-
meht their means Of subsistence wonld
oe taken from them by the Capitalists y
soFFiipg Fpg 2 the last censas, there
~ &s''. n 1880 less than l8,oOo.OOo
: HeR q AZ conditions in the entire
- '''''ees' me aggregate number
., q, male persons Of all ages engaged in
an classes Of gsinfel. occupations was
less than l5,ooO,Ooo and Of these more
snan 100000 were farmers, and nearly
'.O0oooO were occupied with profes-
slonal or personal services
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
NOTICE.

y Game to my. residence, neapsp--,
BBreniord, Monday, tho 10Th of%NglaAT
december, Red Cow, with some.-M-7g.
mnite on her back. The owner can have
tisement ''' ''''' "uVer
dec 22-3w WIN u DpAr
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
Baltimore & Ohio r. R.
PHILADELPHIA DIVISION.

Time Card of Passenger Train in effect
Monday, August 23d, 1886, daily
except Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

llls iR.a frna oo.,...t
can't get d. RnIis'' -. sure but you
Charge il Sost..'i !. lVush syrup free of
time. '5ou quarter eyery
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

10 Express tram leaving Harrington at $50
Il. m, and arriving at 3 46 D m runs through
solid TO and from Baltimore, ria Porers and
Newark.
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA d NORFOLK RAILROAD
EXPPESS-Leave Philadelphia lilo D. H. daily,
Baltimore 30 p. IN, Wilmington J. 50 D. m dailv
stopping at Dover and Delmar regularly and at
New Castle, Middletown, Clayton, Harrington
and Seaford to leave passenger, from Whining
ton and points North or take on passengers for
points south of Delmar
The ll.l0 p. m train also stops at Laurel to leave
passengers from Wilmington or points North.
NOrbtbOUBd trains leave Delmar Is a. m daily
Dover 30 a. ~. regularly arriving at Whining
phia $50 a m.
The 1.l5 a. m train also stops at Seaford.
Harrington, Clayton and Middletown to leave
passengers from points South of Dellnar or take
on passengers for Wilmington and points North
Nel0 castle accommodation TrdinS.-Leave viii
mington 600 a. m. and 2J0 p. IN. Leave New Castle
$40 a m and 3 - % m
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

Convenient, pie. pleasant a. and. and Ger
suits are Acker's Dyspepsia. Tablets
recommended by physicians and endorsed
Ny aii VIII" have used them. The best
fTeme9y for Dyspepsia, Flatulencv. and
SYhs5N NpatIgn, Guaranteed, and sold AT 25c
oy james II Hoffeeker, Druggist. - ~
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05

" F'2itlNc cure. IL saves hours of anxious
Watching. Sold by james p. Hofecker,
A book advertised is entitled Where
to Go for the Winter" It is all non-
sense for man living in this part of
the country to 90 anywhere for the
winter. Let him stay at home. and
the wintsrwill come to him on schedule
time' bringing with 1t weather cold
enough to make telegraph pole shiv-
er.-NOrristOOn Herald.
Two society girls talking. Maude-
Who is this Electoral Count?
Fannie with interest What Count9
don't know. Who do you mean?
Maude-Neither do /; only I heard
papa say something about Congress
having put the Electoral Count in good
shape.
Fanpie-That's the first I'd beard Of
1t. Iwonder ifbe's nice ? do so hone
we will meet hira in society this winter
It's dreadfully duh without the nobil.
lty. Wdshiagton critic.
Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
BRANCU ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. R
Leave Harrington for Lewes II % a. m and
$50 p. m. For Franklin and way stations + ll
a. m. Returning train leaves LeWeS for Harriug-
ton SO a. IN, and 80 p IN. Leave Franklin
ESQ a. m.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT Z R.-Leave Townsend
for Centrevilc and way stations 9.4G a. IN. and IA
p. m, weekdays
DELAWARE q CHESAPEAKE X. R.-Ltave CLAYTON
p. m week days
CAMBRIDGE Il SEAFoRD r. R.-Leave Seaford for
Cambridge and intermediate stations Il.5Oa. m.
weekdays.
CoNNECToNs.-AtP Porter. with Newark & Della
ware City Railroad. At Townsend with Queen
Anne's& Kent Railroad AtClayton. with Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland & Virginia Railroad. AtSeaford with
Cambridge Il SeafOrd Railroad. At Delmar with
New YORK, Phll8delphia Il Norfolk, WicomicO &
POcOmOke, and Peninsula Railroad
CHAS. f. PUGH, General Manager.
]. R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent